Friday, January 30, 2009

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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Todays Quick Fixes and Enhancements

Fixes
1. Publication now validate against better rules
2. Advanced search option moved to "Magnifier Glass Icon" in quick search area. This resolves an overlap issue when the window is 1024 by 768
3. Fixed bug with delivery system not delivery correct file type.
4. Altered ads by issue report to no contain no money column, since this item was incalculable on this report


Enhancements
1. Color profiles can now be duplicated
2. Terms of service added to Login screen and main site footer
3. It is now possible to send a midres jpg through the delivery system
4. It is now possibele to have a 7 digit unique material id
5. Hide ad and unhide actions now part of ad history

Monday, January 26, 2009

Quick Fixes and New Features

Bugs

#1. We found a bug in the drop down menus when in the site if you click more than one drop down menu, the others became unusable.

#2. There was a bug when adding issues.

#3. There was an IE bug when searching for items in the quick search

#4. There was an IE bug in the main ads list ad filter drop down

#5. There was a bug in the issue importer that caused filed with colons and files with spaces in the names not to be imported.

#6. Fixed bug in pickups not defaulting to use existing proof.

#7. Fixed IE bug in ad upload area preventing some users from uploading ads.

Features

#1. Added country and Company Type on user registration form

#2. Added new reposition tool option to allow a popup to confirm any custom text to appear right before an advertiser repositions an ad. This can be used force and advertiser to view specific information before repositioning an ad. This text is customizable in the company templates area.

#3. Added support for on sale date in issue importer.

#4. Added extra password securities. Passwords can no longer be account names and no longer equal the word password

These items will be present on the production portal today.

Quick Fix

Messaging fixed.
After our recent upgrade we experienced a network issue that cause the email notifications to fail. This problem has now been resolved.

Quick Fix

Recently we found files were staying in queue for long amounts of time. This was due to an internal file not being renamed properly. This problem has now been corrected.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

New SendMyAd version released

Tonight we are releasing the latest version of SendMyAd. This one is packed full of new features, many of them the result of feedback from our users.

Here's an overview of the main features:

  • Uploading an ad stays in same window (much faster, no popup window)

  • New Issues list manager for more efficient handling of multiple issues

  • CSV issues importer for bulk issue creation from a spreadsheet

  • Option to retain extra trim data on ad trim

  • Customizable text within the web application

  • New Rich Text Editor is easier to use and more compatible with all
    browsers.

  • Issues column removed from ad list, replaced with issues filter dropdown

  • Color Profiles managed at publisher level now.

  • Display order of ad specifications can be changed

  • When adding a user right group can be selected

  • General settings on company has better details on what is being affected

  • New alphabetical publication selector on upload and ad pickup screen

  • New publication searcher on ad upload

  • New Product and headline fields on ad upload

  • Ad contact confirmation and management on ad upload

  • Trim tool option to disable scaling of ads

  • New option for showing or hiding the initial quick preview on ad uploads

  • Limit publisher users to work with specific publications

  • New customers list area

  • New invitees area

  • Re-invite advertisers option

There's surely more features to discuss and more videos to come soon, so stay tuned, and enjoy the new SendMyAd.